Botox is one of the most common procedures in many countries. However, the consequences of beauty injections can be quite unexpected - from problems in sex to ruined relationships with people. Let's look at how frozen facial expressions can ruin our lives - and why women refuse this procedure.
A video collage of Anne Hathaway swirled across social media this summer, with viewers comparing how she looked when she cried at 28 and at 41. In an excerpt from the romantic comedy ‘The Thought of You,’ the creases are visible only on the lower half of her face, and only tears are evidence of crying. And in a fragment from the film ‘Love and Other Drugs’ on the face of the actress wrinkles: and on the forehead, and in the corners of the eyes.
Commentators criticised the actress for her unnaturalness: ‘These incomprehensible emotions are even slightly frightening. Botox blocks your natural facial expressions, makes a doll out of you,’ they wrote under such videos. One comment reads, Being an actress with Botox is like being surgeon with an amputated arm. However, other users argue with this opinion: the comparison here is unequal, because in one case Hathaway portrayed joy, and in the other - played the emotion of grief.
At the beginning of 2024, Jennifer Aniston got it: after one of her public appearances , viewers criticised her - advising her to ‘calm down with Botox’ because her face looked frozen. Aniston did not comment on whether she had actually decided to have the procedure, but in 2014 she spoke out against Botox: ‘I see women trying not to age, resorting to all sorts of tricks. I'm thankful to myself that I learn from their mistakes and don't inject shit in my face,’ she expressed. - These women are trying to stop time, but all anyone sees is an insecure person who won't let herself just get older.
Some celebrities are realising that beauty injections can hinder their acting careers. This was recently pondered by Kim Kardashian, who would like to do more acting in films. ‘I think you need less Botox to actively show emotion, that's not my case,’ she shared.
In 2018, a British scientist from Cardiff University found out how the procedure affects the expression of emotions and related areas of life. As part of the study, he interviewed 24 women before and after Botox injections and another 12 women who had not had the procedure, which affects facial muscle mobility. The scientist suggested that Botox may worsen women's sex lives: because of their facial mobility, it is more difficult for partners to read their emotions during sex and thus receive feedback.
The hypothesis was confirmed: the experimental participants claimed that after beauty injections they experienced less pleasure in sex and found it more difficult to reach orgasm with their partner.
